Warde erythropoietin at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST

100 Hillcrest Medical Blvd., Waco, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1891882833

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 13, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$154.44

Cash price

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$257.40

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$15.78 with Superior Health Plan vs $193.05 with HealthSmart — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Superior Health Plan Medicaid $15.78 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $16.88 ↓ -89%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $17.85 ↓ -88%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $18.23 ↓ -88%
TriWest Community Care Network $18.79 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare $18.79 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $19.73 ↓ -87%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $19.73 ↓ -87%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $19.73 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $21.04 ↓ -86%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $22.55 ↓ -85%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $23.58 ↓ -85%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $23.69 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $27.06 ↓ -82%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $28.09 ↓ -82%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $28.09 ↓ -82%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $31.00 ↓ -80%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $34.56 ↓ -78%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $40.66 ↓ -74%
Mark Cuban Commercial $45.10 ↓ -71%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $84.94 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $97.14 ↓ -37%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $98.46 ↓ -36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $112.55 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare Nexus $114.21 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Charter $114.21 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $118.56 ↓ -23%
High Plains Health Plans Commercial $126.10 ↓ -18%
Cigna Local Plus $129.21 ↓ -16%
MidCoast Commercial $141.57 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $141.57 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $141.57 ↓ -8%
Imagine Health Commercial $149.29 ↓ -3%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $149.29 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $151.87 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $154.44 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $167.31 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial HMO $167.31 ↑ +8%
HealthSmart Accel Network $180.18 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $180.18 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $180.18 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $193.05 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $193.05 ↑ +25%

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Warde erythropoietin at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Providence Waco $85.14 $15.78 – $82.86
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $381.89 $16.91 – $72.34
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $150.25 $10.00 – $187.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $154.44 $12.00 – $231.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $135.98 $12.00 – $169.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $150.25 $10.00 – $187.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $154.44 $12.00 – $231.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $154.44 $8.00 – $231.66

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